Some politicians just don’t have the patience to serve out their terms before heading toward the revolving door, where a more lucrative career as a lobbyist awaits many of them.

Los Angeles City Councilman Felipe Fuentes from the 7th district is evidently among those who can’t be bothered to fulfill their commitment to the people who they represent. Fuentes, who took office in 2013, represents much of the northeast San Fernando Valley, including Mission Hills, Pacoima and Sylmar. Presumably, when elected three years, voters were under the impression they’d get proper representation for four years.

Instead, Fuentes has announced he will step down Sept. 11 to take a job with the Apex Group, a Sacramento-based lobbying firm, where he will become a lobbyist for the Associated General Contractors of California. As a result, the 7th district will go without representation in City Hall for 10 months, until the next elected council member takes office in July 2017.

In January, Fuentes, a career politician who last served as a state assemblyman and previously an aide in City Hall, announced he didn’t intend to run for re-election. “I know that I will be 46 years old when I finish this term, and I want to write a new chapter, try a new career,” he said at the time.

Though less than a year away from the completion of his term, and making over $189,000 per year as a member of the highest-paid city council in the country, Fuentes has decided against fulfilling his obligations to the roughly 250,000 constituents he was elected to serve.

“All the work that we have done in the district is continuing,” Fuentes told reporters during a conference call Monday. “Residents will be able to avail themselves of constituent services.”

To that end, a caretaker will be appointed to oversee the district until the next council member assumes office. That’s all well and good, but what residents of the 7th district won’t have is representation in City Hall.

Fuentes, presumably, ran in 2013 to provide that representation. Instead, he has decided to leverage his experience in public office to get a better paid job in the private sector.

The least the public ought to be able to expect is that he would complete his term.